Home Schooling News

A local mother is pulling her kids out of school after another student threatened to shoot her first grade son.

Mario RuizJulie Ransom sits with her sons, Gabriel, 3, Ethan, 9, and McKay, 6 in their Orem kitchen, where the boys are home schooled.

County school system officials are beefing up recruitment efforts in hopes of diversifying the teaching staff and reducing class sizes, but veteran educators say that an equally pressing issue is retaining the ...

Spartanburg School District 3 Superintendent Jim Ray on Monday cautioned the county Legislative Delegation to proceed slowly when considering Gov.

Culture, etc. President Bush's second inaugural address was a clarion call for freedom.

It's touted as a private school curriculum in a public school setting, and it's likely coming to one Mesa high school next fall.

To nominate an A+ Achiever, contact eduction reporter Rob Daniel at 337-3181 or e-mail rdaniel@press-citizen.com. For Krista Ferguson, it all started with her great-uncle Jim, who used to take regular business ...

Don t call Karen Caywood a stay-at-home mom. She s a stay-at-home teacher. Caywood s three children, Leandra, 7, Kimberlyn, 6, and Laina, 3, have been home-schooled for their entire educational career, a ...

It's affectionately known as the little school that could. At least that's how principal Maria Pantalone describes Mountview Alternative.

Accelerators: Smart students who aren't being challenged by traditional classes, or who want special courses not taught in their local school district.

WHEN I was eight years old, my parents chose to take me out of the state education system and teach me themselves.

A seashell's spiral and a credit card's shape are linked by a golden rectangle easily drawn with a T-square, a compass and a triangle.

Jason Redifer was a young man who had milked cows and ridden bulls to help pay for his schooling.

Robert "Bob" W. New, of Phoenixville, is consorting with members of a zephyr-like movement, which began in California, to recognize and deal with his realization that, "Public education is not free anymore." "A ...

Hands-on activities for preschoolers are scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon Friday at the Science Factory.

Home educators attending the first Utah Home Education Association symposium Saturday were told the most valuable instruction can come from life experiences -- not just academics from a textbook.

A day in a Newport News home school mixes learning with fun. School at the Joneses starts promptly at 9 a.m. Or maybe a little later, maybe at 9:30. "Somewhere around then.

Culture, etc. I have found as a home-schooling parent that it's important to keep my own mind well-nourished. We constantly hear about maintaining a diet of healthy food, but our brains also need a diet of ...

A still life is more than just a pretty picture to the third-, fourth- and fifth-graders at the new Seacoast Charter School in Stratham.

After reading a story about a young man's turmoil with Baltimore City Public Schools, John Wheeler thought this was a story he could help rewrite.

It was a heartbreaking loss for Collier Brooks. The 6-year-old made it to the final round, and was one of two spellers left out of eight in the kindergarten-through fourth grade division of the spelling bee ...

Kara and Tiffany Robinett can spend all day in their pajamas, eat their lunch at the kitchen table and get their school work done by noon to play outside.

The first thing fifth-grader Tyleen Blanusa did after missing nearly three weeks of school was to run inside and read a book.

Hard work does pay off. State Education Commissioner Susan Gendron on Friday restored 'approved' status to the Adams School, Castine's K-8 elementary school.

Check out what's going on in and around Tucson, with the Citizen's new events calendar.

An exciting new resource is available for parents who are educating their children, full or part time.

Marshall and Mary Esther Horton are public school graduates. Their children have never attended school.

On a cozy winter morning, 5-year-old Joshua Gaxiola sat contentedly on his father's lap, sounding out words from a textbook and learning how to read.

McKnight admitted to a charge of first-degree assault. She s free on bail and getting home schooling.

With the addition of honors level courses available to juniors, Big Walnut High School plans to change the way it ranks its graduates and eliminate the valedictorian-salutatorian system.

Between home-schooling five children, work and other church commitments, Pat and Sally Gruber dont have a lot of extra time, but when Archbishop Harry Flynn invited them to chair the 2005 Annual Catholic ...

A 15-year-old girl died in a house fire near Mexia on Tuesday night as firefighters battled for an hour to extinguish the blaze.